Comments & ID Thoughts
This group of spiders is prolific around the outside of my house. Seem similar to daddy long legs and cellar spiders. The largest one (left) has a body that is roundish with a green or brown color and some design. The other one (right) has a more rectangular body, more brown than green. Both bodies are possibly 1-3cm. Their last legs have two little block dots (like knobs) on each leg. In this web there are at least two other spiders who belong in the same little family; a big and little one with round/green bodies, and a big and little one with more rectangular/brown bodies. All hanging upside down in their web. Front legs are twice as long as the rest.
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- Submitted: May 12, 2022
- Photographed: May 12, 2022
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
The “families” of spiders you are referring to are actually mating pairs. The one on the left of the photo is a female, the other a male. These spiders are called Marbled Cellar Spiders (Holocnemus pluchei). https://bugguide.net/node/view/475662